Through one round, Hyperball seems to have been supplemented by a potent dose of Bruiserball. Critical games are giving us shockingly low numbers, with some box scores looking like stuff we haven't seen in twenty years. Read more »
Toronto Raptors Analysis
What The First Round Told Us
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
The Thunder once again led the NBA in Net Rating with the Celtics not far behind, while the Spurs, Pistons and Hornets made significant year-over-year jumps. Read more »
Post-Lottery 2025 NBA Mock Draft: Best Fits For The First 14 Picks
This mock draft strictly focuses on the best prospect each team can draft when thinking about how a new player would look in that setting. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
The Thunder finished the 24-25 season with the best Net Rating in the NBA, ahead of the Cavaliers who jumped from 13th a season ago. Read more »
The Realest: R.J. Barrett And The Toronto Raptors
A lifetime of training and high expectations has given R.J. Barrett all the tools to be a very good player, but has also blinded him as to how they should be deployed. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
The Celtics finished in the top spot in Net Rating for the second straight season, while the Thunder jumped up from 28th to 14th to second. Read more »
Scottie Barnes Is Making Everything Happen Right Now
In the grand scheme, a Scottie Barnes ascent changes everything. It's a worthwhile exercise to make everything about him this year, to see if he can be this guy for real and The Guy of their future. Read more »
NBA's Top Wing Trios Ranked
We've ranked every team's wing corps from 1 to 30 based on the top three wings' production, upside and versatility. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
The Celtics finished first in Net Rating ahead of the Cavaliers, who jumped up from 13th last season and 28th as recently as 2021. Read more »
Raptors And Knicks, Ships Passing In The Middle Of The East's Night
Whether the Raptors try to regroup with what they have or make a rebuilding step backwards will have a lot to do with how difficult they think the battle is to win, and whether it's even worth fighting while the Bucks and Celtics peak. The Knicks, ever-beleaguered, are just happy to be where they are; as they should be. Read more »
The Distinct Experience Watching The Raptors
The Raptors play in a way that emphasizes their length. They appear in your imagination as a mass of adolescent sycamores with limbs like an interstate highway system. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
The Suns jumped from 30th in the NBA in Net Rating in 17-18 to 29th to 18th in 19-20 to third last season and first in 21-22. Read more »
DeMar DeRozan's Deliverance
DeMar DeRozan has come into his power like the sun showing up in the eye of a hurricane, there all along but waiting, patiently, for the circle of fortune to form up around him. Read more »
The Overdue Recognition Of DeMar DeRozan
DeMar DeRozan wasn't LeBron and he wasn't Kawhi, and he also wasn't Tim Duncan when he reached the Spurs. He quietly improved nonetheless and turned into one of the most overlooked playmakers in the NBA. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
The Jazz jumped from ninth in Net Rating last season to first in 20-21. Read more »
Kyle Lowry Has To Decide What's Most Important To Him, And There's No Wrong Answer
Kyle Lowry was a nomad for most of his 20s, being dealt is nothing new to him, but his career represents an inversion of the typical star's arc. Read more »
What Is Owed To A Franchise Legend Like Kyle Lowry?
Whether or not Kyle Lowry is traded will depend not on sentiment, but on whether or not the Raptors and another team agree that doing so is beneficial to the future of both teams. Read more »
20-21 NBA Season Preview: Atlantic Division
On the 76ers and Celtics hoping for a breakthrough, the Nets figuring out what they'll be with Durant and Irving, Toronto running it back without their center vets, and the Knicks embarking a different type of rebuild. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Toronto Raptors
The Raptors, with everything else more or less fixed, will be as extraordinary as Pascal Siakam is. Read more »
The End Of Toronto's Laudable Title Defense
Toronto took two steps back when Kawhi exited, but still flourished, nearly every player on the roster improving to compensate for a loss they couldn't totally overcome. They did their job; they'll realize that once this fresh failure stops smarting. Read more »
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